This episode of looting should prompt a broader conversation at the very least. We all know the current design of the economy and spatial justice of this country is polarised towards those have some form of capital to make it work for them. While the vast majority of this country are poor and economically excluded,...
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God of….. By Tristan Pringle
God of the poor and hungry We ask that you forgive those of us who eat while others starve We ask that you release us from the bondage of our own self-centredness We ask that you remove the scales from our eyes so we see human beings in desperation rather than targets for our “righteous”...
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On Both Banks of the River
The River of Life I live on the banks of the Liesbeek River in Cape Town which flows from the eastern slopes of Table Mountain through suburbs and industrial areas before joining the Black River and draining into the Atlantic Ocean. For most of the history of people in this area the river has been...
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Mercy & Justice: Whose debate is this anyway?
South Africa’s ongoing journey has been described by many as being similar to the wilderness in the Israelite’s exodus experience. In reflecting on this parallel, Alan Storey argues that, in the South African wilderness experience, the Egyptians (white people) crossed over the Sea of Reeds with the Israelites (the oppressed black people) and that, in...
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Give US This Day
Dear friends At the core of the prayer that Jesus teaches all of his disciples to pray, we find the words “give us this day our daily bread”. In her whistle-stop tour of the bible and food below, René August reminds us that it is a prayer for every person to have enough to eat, every day;...
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Hunger Relief During Lockdown
Facing food insecurity through vouchers and how a small network made a big difference during COVID -19 lockdown An unemployed woman receives an SMS on her monochrome-screen phone. It says, “This voucher from [Khayelitsha Christian Fellowship] offers you R400 to buy food from your local supermarket. Your voucher number is 123456789 – please enter it...
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Hope in Action
“As soon as the President announced that lock-down would be taking place in three days’ time, we asked ourselves, ‘What can we do quickly to lessen the food shortages that will be happening in the next three weeks?’ We sprung into action to organise food parcels for our most vulnerable church members and neighbours,” explains...
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The Cruel Mother City
1901 saw the first forced removal of black people from Cape Town’s inner city The removers named the Bubonic plague as justification for their action Neither the first nor the last time for power to use tragedy to push its own agenda “Never let a good crisis go to waste”, they say Because crises distract...
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Imagining a new way forward – a starting point
Peace, like war, must be waged* The world over, people are recognising that with the crisis that COVID-19 has created, along with the extreme inequalities it has revealed**, has come an opportunity for building a new world: one that treats each human life as precious and wherein the earth on which we live and depend...
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Of Home and Wholeness
Hostile city built on stolen land, with stolen hands, how dare you label attempts to create sanctuary as illegal? Home making is revolutionary in this system borne of displacementWholeness is revolutionary in this system invested in dislocation Keep fighting to make homeKeep fighting to be whole It doesn’t seem possible but perhaps a day will...
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